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ancient America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a narrow land bridge is called | isthmus |
| warm and rainy areas are called | tropical |
| ancient civilizations arose in North America in a region called | meso-america |
| areas of dense jungles are found in the | Yucatan Peninsula |
| cutting down a forest and burning it is called | slash-and-burn agriculture |
| a temple was built in a culture known as | the Chavin |
| the Chavin also embroidered images into woven cloth called | textiles |
| after the decline of the Chavin one culture that rose in Peru was | the Nazca |
| underground water sources are called | aquifers |
| while the Nazca rose on the southern coast of Peru, the _______ rose on the northern coast | Moche |
| the first civilization in the meso-america | Olmec |
| a culture that influence others is called the | Mother culture |
| as the Olmec declined the ______ began to develop in present-day Mexico | Maya |
| a type of corn | maize |
| carved stone slaps are called | steles |
| the writing the Maya used was called | glyphs |
| bark-paper book is called | a codex |